Does *anyone* know what's going on...?

By A&M's Martin Peterson....

Hey, Board of Regents! People are paying attention....

www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty... The Dean “also clarified that faculty may assign textbooks with chapters that cover transgender identity, so long as they do not talk about the material or include it on assignments or exam questions.” And they call this an education?

Intercepted mail.... A former student sent this email to the provost and president and cc:ed one of our members:

PEN America condemns educational censorship at Texas A&M after a professor is told not to teach Plato, a foundational thinker in the study of Western philosophy, merely because his writings discuss questions about love, gender, and human identity. pen.org/press-releas... #censorship #highereducation

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Here is the excellent reply by the A&M professor to the censoring of his course on Plato. Note that he emphasizes that the course does not advocate a race or gender ideology—which is the text of the law in question. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

"A&M officials have also instructed English faculty not to teach books in core classes that have major plotlines concerning gay, lesbian or transgender identities."

Statement from the AAUP–Texas A&M Chapter about the censorship of…Plato….

From an email to one of our faculty members.... Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!

🤠 Hey, Texas faculty! As you prep for the spring semester check out our blog for tips + advice. 👇 1) Don’t self-censor, know your rights! 2) Report censorship of your teaching, research, or expression. 3) Organize your department. We are stronger together! aaup-texas.org/blog/f/2025-...

The parallels between the Red Scare of the 1950s and today’s assault on higher ed remind us of the need to join communities of resistance. Read Joan Wallach Scott (former chair of AAUP’s Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure) on the stakes of defending higher ed as a public good.

"A petition circulated by AAUP demands the admin release full details on the processes that led to Curth’s suspension, publicly affirm faculty’s right to teach & research free from political interference & help develop a “harassment response and prevention plan” for responding to political attacks."

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The wrong decision. Reinstate Dr. McCoul--NOW.

What is happening at the University of Oklahoma is an outrageous violation of due process. "They hide behind vague statements & assertions of ‘trust us.’ At this point, they need to show us and not tell us." — OU AAUP

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What nonsense. Reinstate Dr. McCoul.

“This is scary. It’s adding to the vigilante state we live in.” Texas' anti-trans bathroom bill went into effect December 4. Here's how the state government could weaponize this new law against public institutions, from libraries to prisons:

Last week, the New School issued voluntary separation & early retirement offers to 40% of the full-time faculty & the majority of non-union staff. These cuts to the bone are an ideological attempt to decimate historic spaces of critical inquiry & social justice. Share our statement tr.ee/qQBIDCpIuj

Important piece.

TAMU AAUP: Open Letter Regarding BOR Policy

Reinstate Dr. McCoul. Now.

OPEN LETTER FROM THE AAUP–TAMU CHAPTER to Interim President Tommy Williams “Reinstatement is the only just and appropriate remedy.”

Reinstate Dr. McCoul--now.

Reinstate Dr. McCoul. Now.

AAUP-TAMU-CS statement regarding BOR gender and race restrictions. This fight is not over! We will continue to speak the truth, continue to defend our students, and continue to resist political efforts to distort education at Texas A&M.

A bad day for education....

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This is important!

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